Culture
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices
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Is football coming home to racist England?
‘Home’ is not a simple place. Sivamohan Valluvan and Malcolm James explore the complex relationship between nationalism, race and belonging in the beautiful game.
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‘Reforming has done nothing. That’s why I’m an anarchist.’ An interview with Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah speaks to Anu Shukla about poetry, policing, the ongoing fight against racism
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Deleting Facebook isn’t enough: The rise of ‘surveillance capitalism’
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has put data harvesting in the spotlight, writes Tom Walker – but the problem goes far beyond Facebook
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Stormzy, Grenfell and what it means to be a ‘threat’
The artist is giving a vital platform to a new generation of voices pointing out the hypocrisy in which crimes get punished and which get rewarded. By Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly
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Transphobia is the latest weapon in a raging culture war
The vicious media campaign against trans people is part bigotry, part strategy, writes Roz Kaveney
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Stop romanticising the royal family
Frustrated at the idea of another royal wedding? You’re not alone. Joana Ramiro argues we should stop idealising a fundamentally undemocratic institution
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The beautiful game under siege: women’s football in the West Bank
‘We wanted to use a shared love of the beautiful game to stand in solidarity with those living under occupation.’ Kate Hadley reports
